ˈmən(t)th noun
( plural months ˈmən(t)s, -n(t)ths)
Etymology: Middle English moneth, month, from Old English mōnath; akin to Old High German mānōd month, Old Norse mānathr, Gothic menoths month, mena moon — more at moon
1. : a measure of time corresponding or nearly corresponding to the period of the moon's revolution: as
a. : a period of approximately four weeks, 30 days, or 1/12 of a year based primarily on the period of the moon's revolution and cycle of phase changes — see anomalistic month , nodical month , sidereal month , synodic month , tropical month
b. : one of the twelve portions into which the year is divided in the Gregorian calendar ; also : a similar portion of a year in any calendar
c. : a period of time about the length of a lunar month but not necessarily coinciding with a calendar month
d. months plural : an indefinite usually extended period of time
been asking you to come forward for months — Graham Greene
2.
a. archaic : a lunar month in common law
b. : a period of time presumed by statute in the United States and Great Britain to mean a calendar month
3. : one ninth of the typical duration of human pregnancy
she was in her eighth month
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